Dame Joan Collins in pictures as she turns 91
The actress has been a red carpet regular since the 1950s
Dame Joan Collins made her stage debut at the age of nine and has been a consummate performer ever since.
As she marks her 91st birthday, we look back at the actress over the decades, from her role as vengeful schemer Alexis Carrington Colby in the soap Dynasty, to her book signings and brushes with royalty.
Preparing for filming at the Endell Street Baths in Holborn, London, in 1951
At the premiere of The Robe in 1953
With her children Sasha and Tara at London Airport in 1966
With her sister Jackie Collins (right) and niece Tracy Austin in 1962
Meeting Queen Elizabeth II backstage following the Royal Variety Performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1985
Arriving at Heathrow in 1988
Launching her book Too Damn Famous in Harrods in 1995
On stage in Over The Moon at the Old Vic in 2001
With her husband Percy Gibson at the Gangs Of New York premiere in London in 2003
Arriving at a Christopher Kane fashion show in 2009
During the Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations in 2022
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